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I was 5,000miles away from home
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and we were one play away
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from making Americanfootball history in Germany.
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Unicorn! Unicorn!
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Alright, let's back up
for a second here.
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I need to first explain
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how I ended up
in Schwäbisch Hall.
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So my name is Nick Alfieri.
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I'm from a big football family.
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I played college
football at Georgetown.
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Alfieri knocked it loose.
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After that,
I got into film school at USC,
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which was basically a dream
come true for me.
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So I moved to Los Angeles
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but then a few months
into that first semester,
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I really started to miss
playing football.
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And coincidentally,
around the same time,
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these football programs from
Europe started contacting me
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with opportunities
to go play over there.
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So I left.
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Final moments at the
USC School of Cinematic Arts.
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Now, the plan was
to go play football
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and at the same time
make a documentary
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about a team in a tiny town
in Germany called The Unicorns.
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♪
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I mean, I--
I think it's safe to say
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we're the number one
sport in town,
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which probably is not true for
any football team in Germany.
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The town
of Schwäbisch Hall has
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so much to do with The Unicorns.
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Unicorns somewhere else,
I don't think would be,
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as special without
the town of Schwäbisch Hall.
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Unicorn! Unicorn!
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Unicorn!
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The people here
are the reason
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why The Unicorns are successful.
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Because it's a small city,
everybody knows us.
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When our home game
is with The Unicorn,
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it's like a thing to go to meet
people, watch The Unicorns
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and see what a great game
of American football is.
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♪
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So I arrivedin Schwäbisch Hall, Germany.
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I was welcomedby The Unicorns founder
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and my new head coach, Sigi.
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He seemed proud of his teamand of this town.
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You won't find too many
people in town
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that you go to and ask, "Hey,
do you know who The Unicorns?"
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And they, "No. What's that?"
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That-- That won't happen.
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They're part of--
part of the city?
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Now, this wasn'tsome big NFL contract.
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Schwäbisch Hall is a small townteam with a small town budget.
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The organization provideda place to stay.
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Access to a car, mealsand a small monthly stipend.
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But I wasn't the only American,there was a group of us.
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And we all camefrom different places,
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but had similar stories.
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Successful college careers,
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some of us flirted with the pros
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and our desireto keep playing football
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landed all of us in Germany.
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But just being here
from where I'm from,
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you don't really ever
hear about Germany.
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I was kind of just like,
yo, is this shit real?
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Like, The Unicorns?
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Like what pops in your head when
you think of a Unicorn, man?
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Like, I need to be
a bear or something.
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Now we had to adaptto the European experience,
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living in a different countrywith a different culture,
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different foodand a different language.
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That's like a mile from here
and I didn't even jump.
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Sprechen sie Englisch?
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Yeah.
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Can I get a strawberry shake?
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♪
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We talked aboutthat we're in the moment stuff,
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and the last thing I'll leave
you all with is don't forget,
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you are professionals
amongst amateurs.
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That's an, uh, a very different
type of situation.
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You are professional
football players
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amongst amateurs
around you, alright?
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So there is an extra
set of pressure.
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There is more eyes on you
than everybody else.
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Okay? That's just
the way it is, alright?
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Um, and that doesn't go just
with the guys on our team,
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but with fans,
with everybody, you know?
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You guys are going to get
the most press clippings,
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the most everything and you all
know what comes with that?
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And I think it's important
for you all to know
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just how we deal with our guys
because you know how it is here.
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Guys have jobs, kids, wives,
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all that kind of stuff,
coming from three hours away.
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Uh, we tell our guys we want
to be at 70% of practices.
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That's our goal.
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So, um, yeah,
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just understand
there's a different expectation
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and set of rules that apply to
you guys over German players.
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Okay? And that's just--
just the way it is, okay?
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Everything was newand overwhelming but exciting.
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And then we were shownthe Ami house.
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♪ Tell me mama ♪
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♪ where did things go wrong ♪
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♪ Tell me mama,Where did things go wrong ♪
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♪ Tell me mama,Where did things go wrong ♪
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About the Ami house,
the Ami house is awesome.
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The Ami housewas not that awesome.
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The Ami house, man, wow!
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You want to talk about shacks?
That was a shack, man.
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Like-- Like technically,
it was a house.
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And then like, you'd have
thought we're in the woods, man.
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Like, we were, just kind of
like, we were in the woods.
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I'm sure it does.
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It's just called sorting
because in Germany,
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you put dark glass together
and clear glass together.
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The one cool partof the house was the lineup
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of passport photosfrom all the Americans
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that had played forThe Unicorns in the past.
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I guess if they could do it,so could we.
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And Smoke seemed cool.
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Is that some of your stuff,
what we can throw away?
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I mean,
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because I want to put
the paper stuff away, that one.
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Let's see, is any of
the stuff has my name on it?
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That-- That's from you.
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My name is Thomas Rauch
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but everybody say to me,
Smoke in, uh, our team
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because the Americans
cannot say Rauch.
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Rauch means, in English, Smoke.
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And, um, I'm over 30
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so I don't want to say
the right age, what I am.
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And I play for The Unicorns
since 2005, a long time.
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So The Unicorns play inthe German Football League,
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which is comprised of 16 teams,
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eight in the Northand eight in the south.
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The Unicorns, founded in 1983,play in the GFL South.
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And I'll let Sigitell you the rest.
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So we still had an
American base here at that time
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with about 800 American soldiers
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and there was a German
American Friendship Club
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that we approached
and said, "Can you help us
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finding some people
who have played before,
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who can coach maybe?"
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And that was very
important early on.
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Our first really
successful year was '95
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when we,
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uh, won the championship
in the Fourth League,
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it went pretty much
straight up from '95 on.
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♪
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18 years, you know,
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no Southern team
had won the championship
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and suddenly we were champions,
you know,
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so that was pretty crazy.
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♪
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So what I've gatheredis that the Unicorns used to be
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this championship winning team
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but in recent years,the league has been changing.
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Success is now coming fromteams in major German cities
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with big sponsorship dealsleading to large budgets.
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The Prime example of thisand the team, The Unicorns,
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can't seem to get pastis New Yorker.
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They have, uh, so much
financial power behind them
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and a-- and a big city
and a big stadium,
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it's kind of intimidating.
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My biggest fear is that maybe
this is the make or break year
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for us to either
get it done or not.
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Now I was stilltrying to fully wrap
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my head around all of this
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but what I did know is thatthese people seem determined.
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So I guess that's whatwe're there to do.
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Get The Unicornsback on top of the GFL
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with the German BowlChampionship.
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♪
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Hut!
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The two teams, like I said,
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that are going to be
the biggest competition for us
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are the Frankfurt Universe
the Braunschweig Lions.
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Frankfurt just came up
from the second league.
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Play, play, play.
Go away! Go away! Go away!
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And they basically
re-did their whole roster
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with everybody
they had bought and got.
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Go. Go, deeper.
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They're coming out
with a lot of hype.
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Alright, catch that.
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Three. Go.
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Left, left, left.
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There you go.
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And then whoever
gets the closest wins.
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Take it easy on these guys.
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This is their first time
in Europe.
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Alright, uh, Dev, turn around,
Rudy is up first--
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Alright. We got Croatia
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Croatia!
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So Rudy, he was a guy
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I thought we would never get.
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His talent level,
what we saw on film,
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we knew he was
a great, great player,
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but we felt he was
a guy almost too good
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to get out here just because
of all the opportunities
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he had going on in the States.
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Before I came to Germany,
just in a state of,
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like, an unknown, like,
right out of the NFL stuff
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and I'm so close like,
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I want to come
to Germany for a year
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and then go back,
you know what I'm saying?
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Like, hopefully
get another shot.
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It's great.
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It's really cool because
you cannot see their face
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because nobody want to see
how ugly they are.
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So that's why we make
picture like this.
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The struggle is real.
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Before I came to Germany,
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I was on downward spiral,
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had a lot of growing up to do,
wasn't playing football no more.
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Terrible job, didn't want
to be involved with it.
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Just looking at my life,
it's like,
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Man, this is not
where I wanted to be.
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It's not where-- It's not
what I see myself doing.
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Once I finally made
the decision in my mind
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that something needed
to change, uh,
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I got the call from Neuman.
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-Hey, Nick.
-Yeah?
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-You want a "houte"?
-Fire-out beer.
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Fire-out beer.
That's a fire-out beer.
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-What beer?
-You know? After--
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-After work.
-Yeah.
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-We call it fire-out beer.
-Thank you.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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The energy reallystarted to pick up
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as we got closerto the first game.
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And The Unicornsseemed to be
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pretty popular around town.
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-You're The Unicorn?
-Unicorns, yeah.
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-Have a good day, dude.
-You too.
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Next up, Devin Benton.
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Everyone is hyped
for the first season game.
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We head strong.
Left, left, left. Come on.
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Here we go.
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I'm gonna say hi to
The Unicorns, hey, hello.
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-Hello.
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I'm pushed,
I'm hyped because I know
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what game day means.
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When you get to the
line of scrimmage,
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be like this.
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Three. Go.
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Here.
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Three. Go.
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-Alright, good.
-Sounds like you're going down.
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...low and
as soon as they go by...
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-First-- The first--
-As soon as they go by
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-he should be wide open.
-I thought-- I thought you--
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So when you decide to play
with a German quarterback,
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I think one of
the first things you'll get
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is people wondering
why you do that.
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♪
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Everybody knows
that the quarterback
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is by far the most important
position in football.
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And a lot of teams,
the majority out here
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is just going to go get the best
import quarterback they can
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and play with him
and just put it on him.
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Us, as a program,
we decided Marco's our guy.
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He's came through the program.
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Not only has he shown
that we can win with him,
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but Marco's a guy,
we put a lot on his plate.
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You bring in an American
because you think
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he plays better than any German.
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But we've been playing
at the top of Europe
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for the last three years
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with me playing at
the quarterback position.
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There's always going
to be that little bit of doubt
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until he finish it off
with a championship.
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That's the challenge he faces.
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That's the challenge
we face as a program.
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But, you know,
we're really happy
277
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and we're really
lucky to have him here.
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You see?
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-Made. He made.
-Yeah, he made.
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Well, I cook for the whole team.
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It's damn hard work but, hey,
282
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you know, whatever
gives us the W afterwards.
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Aa-hoo!
284
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Is that turkey?
285
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We got season opening,
Frankfurt gonna be in town.
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It should be, uh,
an exciting one here.
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to get
the season going, huh, Matias?
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Yes, sir.
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-Yeah.
-That's it.
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♪
291
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So our first game of the year
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and my first footballgame in Germany
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was against the hotnew team, Frankfurt.
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They have a huge backing
295
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from the old NFL Europe days
for the Frankfurt Galaxy.
296
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So they still
have a ton of fans.
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So everybody knew
298
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they were going to be
a competitor right away.
299
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They weren't a regular team
300
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that had just come up
for the first day.
301
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They were gonna try
and make a statement
302
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from the very beginning,
303
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the very first year
in the league.
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Here we go!
305
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I'm an old guy, so I wasn't
scared or nothing like that.
306
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But the excitement,
of course, always hits you
307
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before every football game.
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Ladies and gentlemen.
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We're fine, let's go. Let's go.
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Please welcome,
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The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns.
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Right. Two...
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Yeah!
314
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For us, you know, we--
we jumped out early.
315
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And they--
they came flying back.
316
00:18:05,457 --> 00:18:06,786
Yeah, I'll tell
you what, man, that game,
317
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it was a back and
forth battle, honestly.
318
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And then when you have
two teams that talented,
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I mean both teams are
going to make their plays.
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Unicorns! Unicorns!
321
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But in the long run,
that went well for us.
322
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We were able to grind
out the W there, week one.
323
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After a year off, it feltgreat to play football again.
324
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And I was impressedwith the level of competition.
325
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Football in Germanywas better than I expected.
326
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So good, in fact,that this happened.
327
00:19:01,810 --> 00:19:05,911
With the 180th pick
in the 2016 NFL draft,
328
00:19:06,452 --> 00:19:10,421
the Minnesota Vikings select
Moritz Boehringer,
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00:19:10,456 --> 00:19:12,225
a wide receiver from Germany.
330
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Let's go, Vikings.
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My name is Moritz
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and I'm playing for
Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns.
333
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My name is Moritz and I play
for Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns.
334
00:19:21,698 --> 00:19:24,237
My name is Moritz
and I play for Schwa--
335
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Minnesota Vikings.
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♪
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Moritz Boehringer playedfor The Unicorns in 2015,
338
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and in April of 2016, shortlyafter the Frankfurt Game,
339
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he was drafted into the NFL.
340
00:19:42,323 --> 00:19:44,554
I mean, this was a guy
who hopefully,
341
00:19:44,589 --> 00:19:46,721
you know, in a year
or two is producing.
342
00:19:46,756 --> 00:19:48,459
I think, all of the GFL
343
00:19:48,494 --> 00:19:50,626
and European football is
all hoping the same thing
344
00:19:50,661 --> 00:19:53,024
because it shows
that there are guys
345
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who are talented enough
to go over and play.
346
00:19:55,930 --> 00:19:57,963
They're just going to
need a little time.
347
00:20:06,479 --> 00:20:07,973
But then the refs like,
"Hey, uh,
348
00:20:08,008 --> 00:20:09,678
you got to be careful,
that was a late hit."
349
00:20:09,713 --> 00:20:11,548
And I was like,
"I was the one that got hit,
350
00:20:11,583 --> 00:20:13,451
like, my teammate."
351
00:20:13,486 --> 00:20:15,013
I mean, are you ki-- That's
probably why they throw a flag
352
00:20:15,048 --> 00:20:16,883
because it was this,
it was this green, the green.
353
00:20:17,358 --> 00:20:18,951
One of them is here today.
354
00:20:18,986 --> 00:20:21,294
He just got in a-- He got
in a fight with Jordan there,
355
00:20:21,329 --> 00:20:22,493
in our U16 game.
356
00:20:24,860 --> 00:20:25,958
Yeah.
357
00:20:25,993 --> 00:20:28,730
We started a junior team
358
00:20:28,765 --> 00:20:30,897
pretty soon after
we started the senior team.
359
00:20:34,342 --> 00:20:36,001
I mean, right now
I have to figure out
360
00:20:36,036 --> 00:20:38,806
that we get good,
really good young kids,
361
00:20:38,841 --> 00:20:41,842
fresh blood to
The Unicorns organization so
362
00:20:42,449 --> 00:20:43,646
I hope I can help.
363
00:20:45,683 --> 00:20:47,452
Good job. Good job.
364
00:20:47,487 --> 00:20:49,487
Being, uh,
the number one sport here
365
00:20:49,522 --> 00:20:51,654
helps us to get the best talent.
366
00:20:51,689 --> 00:20:53,018
Do you like
coaching the youth?
367
00:20:53,053 --> 00:20:55,493
Yeah, it's very cool,
I mean, because
368
00:20:55,528 --> 00:20:57,396
a lot of them are really raw.
369
00:20:57,860 --> 00:20:59,563
So you--
370
00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:02,093
you can make something
out of them.
371
00:21:02,128 --> 00:21:04,535
Uh, it used to be that,
okay, the really
372
00:21:04,570 --> 00:21:07,835
talented athletes would play
soccer or basketball or track.
373
00:21:07,870 --> 00:21:09,837
And I think we get a lot
374
00:21:09,872 --> 00:21:11,509
that could be successful
375
00:21:11,544 --> 00:21:13,005
in other sports
but choose to play football.
376
00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:16,041
Let's go, offense. Let's go.
377
00:21:16,549 --> 00:21:18,417
Go, man, go. Go, man, go.
378
00:21:18,452 --> 00:21:20,452
The Unicorns is
successful because
379
00:21:20,487 --> 00:21:22,553
you know, they put
a ton of time and effort
380
00:21:22,588 --> 00:21:24,115
into their youth program.
381
00:21:24,150 --> 00:21:27,052
2010, 11, 12 when they
started win German Bowls,
382
00:21:27,087 --> 00:21:28,757
they're doing it with
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pretty much all guys
from Schwäbisch Hall.
384
00:21:30,596 --> 00:21:31,859
You know, we don't have
385
00:21:31,894 --> 00:21:33,025
three million
people in our city,
386
00:21:33,060 --> 00:21:34,598
it's 40,000
387
00:21:34,633 --> 00:21:38,602
so you're only going to
have 20, 30 kids.
388
00:21:38,637 --> 00:21:40,406
So if you want to be good
in the future,
389
00:21:40,441 --> 00:21:43,376
you have to make sure those 20,
30 are well-coached
390
00:21:43,411 --> 00:21:44,608
and so when they eventually
391
00:21:44,643 --> 00:21:46,511
get to the senior team,
you know,
392
00:21:46,546 --> 00:21:48,447
they're going to be talented
and they could help them out.
393
00:21:53,113 --> 00:21:55,685
As we got used tothis new life in Germany,
394
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,721
I got some insights froma long time Unicorn player,
395
00:21:58,756 --> 00:22:00,019
Bruno.
396
00:22:00,890 --> 00:22:02,153
Shall we get a coffee first?
397
00:22:02,188 --> 00:22:03,759
-Yes, absolutely.
-Yeah.
398
00:22:03,794 --> 00:22:05,728
Kind of reassess
this game plan.
399
00:22:05,763 --> 00:22:07,961
So in 2006, I actually
played with Jordan,
400
00:22:07,996 --> 00:22:10,436
by the way, just to--
to wrap this back around,
401
00:22:10,471 --> 00:22:11,932
he's now-- he's now coach.
402
00:22:11,967 --> 00:22:14,407
Um, there's a lot of guys
that are flaggies,
403
00:22:14,442 --> 00:22:16,167
like Marco,
I-- I coached Marco.
404
00:22:16,202 --> 00:22:17,773
- That's hilarious.
-Um,
405
00:22:17,808 --> 00:22:20,171
as a flaggie
when he was 13 years old.
406
00:22:20,206 --> 00:22:21,843
It's not just about the game.
407
00:22:21,878 --> 00:22:24,912
It's-- it's all the surrounding
things here.
408
00:22:24,947 --> 00:22:27,849
Had I gone to another
organization,
409
00:22:28,951 --> 00:22:31,688
um, I don't think
I'd be playing anymore.
410
00:22:34,858 --> 00:22:37,155
Now you look cool.
411
00:22:37,564 --> 00:22:39,025
-It's a contrast.
-Yeah.
412
00:22:39,060 --> 00:22:40,763
-Black and white.
-Yeah, black and white.
413
00:22:40,963 --> 00:22:42,930
-Black and white.
-Man, I gotta be right here.
414
00:22:42,965 --> 00:22:44,800
-You be right there.
-For a real contrast.
415
00:22:46,540 --> 00:22:48,199
And it did take awhile to get acclimated,
416
00:22:48,234 --> 00:22:50,168
but I think by the timewe were heading down
417
00:22:50,203 --> 00:22:53,138
to the game in Austria,we had all settled in.
418
00:22:53,173 --> 00:22:55,613
♪
419
00:23:15,701 --> 00:23:17,536
Now this is exactlywhat I hoped
420
00:23:17,571 --> 00:23:19,538
playing football in Europewould be like.
421
00:23:19,573 --> 00:23:22,508
Travelling to a beautiful cityin a different country.
422
00:23:22,543 --> 00:23:25,742
Playing in a big stadiumsurrounded by the Alps.
423
00:23:25,777 --> 00:23:29,174
It felt like a whole world awayfrom a classroom in California.
424
00:23:29,616 --> 00:23:31,484
Call it, we'll have bigger
personnel--
425
00:23:31,519 --> 00:23:32,650
Go might-- make it strong.
426
00:23:32,685 --> 00:23:33,915
That tells you everything.
427
00:23:33,950 --> 00:23:35,081
When we went against Swarco,
428
00:23:35,116 --> 00:23:36,885
obviously, we're up against,
429
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,623
you know, the number two
team in Europe.
430
00:23:38,658 --> 00:23:40,185
We knew they were
going to be a great team.
431
00:23:40,220 --> 00:23:42,495
On our stretches, make sure
we come in nice and flat
432
00:23:42,530 --> 00:23:44,189
out of the gate on
our stretches around, alright?
433
00:23:44,224 --> 00:23:47,764
Well, like, we came in to that
game like a-- on a high note
434
00:23:47,799 --> 00:23:49,733
after the-- whole
season beginning.
435
00:23:49,768 --> 00:23:53,671
Like we beat Frankfurt.
Ain't nobody will stop us.
436
00:23:53,706 --> 00:23:55,508
The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns,
437
00:23:55,543 --> 00:23:58,038
the two-time German champion.
438
00:23:58,073 --> 00:24:01,646
The warriors are aboutto enter the pitch.
439
00:24:01,681 --> 00:24:05,276
Here they are,The Swarco Raiders Tirol.
440
00:24:21,569 --> 00:24:24,669
The game was a disaster.
441
00:24:24,704 --> 00:24:28,937
Shelton overseesthe field, finds Zbakha.
442
00:24:28,972 --> 00:24:31,038
Is it a touchdown? Indeed.
443
00:24:31,073 --> 00:24:32,875
This could get out of hands
444
00:24:32,910 --> 00:24:35,911
if The Unicorns don't scorethis time around.
445
00:24:35,946 --> 00:24:38,551
This was really unexpected.
446
00:24:43,151 --> 00:24:44,887
All right.
447
00:24:44,922 --> 00:24:47,021
First thing is this,
where we go from here?
448
00:24:47,056 --> 00:24:49,958
We go from here for us.
we come together, do great.
449
00:24:49,993 --> 00:24:52,565
We come together to be great.
Where we go from here?
450
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,161
Got a whole season to play,
German bowl to go after.
451
00:24:55,196 --> 00:24:56,998
Where do we go from here? Okay?
452
00:24:57,033 --> 00:25:00,672
The one and only
GFL 13 games to go.
453
00:25:00,707 --> 00:25:02,300
Okay? That's it.
454
00:25:02,335 --> 00:25:04,676
This-- This big six is over.
455
00:25:04,711 --> 00:25:07,877
We didn't--
We didn't shine but guys,
456
00:25:08,209 --> 00:25:10,143
we play hopefully till October.
457
00:25:10,178 --> 00:25:11,947
Yeah, that's a long time.
458
00:25:11,982 --> 00:25:13,916
Alright? Come on, bring it in.
459
00:25:20,793 --> 00:25:22,056
-Ready Uni--
-Corns!
460
00:25:22,091 --> 00:25:24,355
Okay!
461
00:25:24,390 --> 00:25:26,665
The following weekwe watched from home
462
00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:28,700
as New Yorkerdrove down to Austria
463
00:25:28,735 --> 00:25:31,637
and dominated Swarco.
464
00:25:31,672 --> 00:25:33,672
New Yorker lookedstronger than ever
465
00:25:33,707 --> 00:25:37,302
and our goal of a German BowlChampionship seems unlikely.
466
00:25:41,077 --> 00:25:43,110
The next game,
467
00:25:43,145 --> 00:25:44,881
I broke my collar bone.
468
00:25:54,024 --> 00:25:55,122
Thank you.
469
00:25:55,157 --> 00:25:56,288
Take the elevator?
470
00:25:56,323 --> 00:25:58,356
Yeah, elevator. No stairs.
471
00:26:02,296 --> 00:26:05,671
Adrenaline is wearing off,
and this actually hurts so bad.
472
00:26:06,036 --> 00:26:08,905
That is my collarbone
473
00:26:08,940 --> 00:26:10,907
sticking up.
474
00:26:10,942 --> 00:26:13,778
And it's, uh,
475
00:26:13,813 --> 00:26:17,078
indications to operating
because there are more pieces.
476
00:26:17,113 --> 00:26:19,278
-It's dislocated, yes?
-Yeah.
477
00:26:19,313 --> 00:26:21,049
I need surgery,
478
00:26:21,084 --> 00:26:24,019
and now I'm startingto question everything.
479
00:26:24,054 --> 00:26:26,758
I figured The Unicornswould send me home.
480
00:26:26,793 --> 00:26:28,254
That's what teams in Europe do
481
00:26:28,289 --> 00:26:29,827
when their Americanimports get hurt.
482
00:26:29,862 --> 00:26:32,896
♪
483
00:26:35,835 --> 00:26:37,736
Uh, I just had to get
out of the house.
484
00:26:37,771 --> 00:26:39,969
I can't sit around all day
485
00:26:40,169 --> 00:26:42,070
with this collar bone situation.
486
00:26:42,105 --> 00:26:44,908
I need to get out and move
around, otherwise I'll go crazy.
487
00:26:45,746 --> 00:26:48,076
From us,
as an organization standpoint,
488
00:26:48,111 --> 00:26:50,111
we're in a tough,
tough situation
489
00:26:50,146 --> 00:26:53,378
because that's a longer injury,
and we've got to make a decision
490
00:26:53,413 --> 00:26:55,347
whether we're going
to send Nick home
491
00:26:55,382 --> 00:26:57,217
and get somebody
over here who can play?
492
00:26:57,252 --> 00:27:00,385
The easy decision,
just thank him for being here.
493
00:27:00,420 --> 00:27:03,289
Make sure he's healthy,
and then send him home
494
00:27:03,324 --> 00:27:06,864
and get a guy who can finish
this season healthy
495
00:27:06,899 --> 00:27:08,734
and that we know
is going to be here.
496
00:27:19,241 --> 00:27:20,438
Okay, um,
497
00:27:21,111 --> 00:27:23,045
I just got off
the phone with Jordan
498
00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,015
and he told me that The Unicorns
499
00:27:26,215 --> 00:27:28,413
are not going to send me home,
they're going to keep me here,
500
00:27:28,448 --> 00:27:31,152
in Schwäbisch Hall,
which is actually amazing.
501
00:27:31,187 --> 00:27:33,187
I thought that they would
for sure send me home
502
00:27:33,222 --> 00:27:35,255
and get a new import, um,
503
00:27:36,159 --> 00:27:37,994
but they said, uh,
they're going to keep me here
504
00:27:38,029 --> 00:27:39,457
and for me to get healthy
505
00:27:39,492 --> 00:27:41,800
and try and get ready
for the playoffs,
506
00:27:41,835 --> 00:27:44,495
uh, which is
in a couple of months.
507
00:27:44,530 --> 00:27:47,003
So I use my new timeaway from the field
508
00:27:47,038 --> 00:27:48,741
to find out everything I could
509
00:27:48,776 --> 00:27:50,336
about the Schwäbisch HallUnicorns.
510
00:27:58,016 --> 00:27:59,752
Talking about the mentality
511
00:27:59,787 --> 00:28:01,512
of Schwäbisch Hall,
I'm-- I'm obviously biased
512
00:28:01,547 --> 00:28:04,152
because I-- I was born
and raised here.
513
00:28:04,187 --> 00:28:06,253
And so there's
a lot of local pride.
514
00:28:06,288 --> 00:28:08,354
We're not like people from
Stuttgart who are Swabian,
515
00:28:08,389 --> 00:28:10,092
you know, they
always think we are
516
00:28:10,127 --> 00:28:12,160
because of the Schwabisch
in our name but we aren't.
517
00:28:12,195 --> 00:28:14,393
And we're not like the people
from Nuremberg,
518
00:28:14,428 --> 00:28:17,198
from Northern Bavaria
who are Franconian
519
00:28:17,233 --> 00:28:19,431
because we're something
in between.
520
00:28:19,466 --> 00:28:22,170
And that's a-- that's a little
bit of the mentality here
521
00:28:22,205 --> 00:28:24,975
is that we are
something special.
522
00:28:27,573 --> 00:28:29,210
Have you been
to the museum up there?
523
00:28:29,245 --> 00:28:31,014
Yeah, Schurmann
and Tobi Loffler took me.
524
00:28:31,049 --> 00:28:32,950
Uh, Schurmann and Tobi,
they took me.
525
00:28:32,985 --> 00:28:34,413
To the Hallisch Frankisches
Museum?
526
00:28:34,448 --> 00:28:36,855
-It's awesome.
-They actually have
527
00:28:36,890 --> 00:28:38,758
Christian Rothe's jersey
528
00:28:39,090 --> 00:28:40,419
and, uh,
529
00:28:41,092 --> 00:28:43,191
my game plan and
530
00:28:43,523 --> 00:28:45,292
-something else.
-In the museum?
531
00:28:45,327 --> 00:28:47,800
In the museum from
our first German Bowl win.
532
00:28:47,835 --> 00:28:50,132
Because the museum director
came to me and said,
533
00:28:50,167 --> 00:28:51,562
"Can I get some stuff?
534
00:28:51,597 --> 00:28:53,905
Because this is--
you wrote history."
535
00:28:55,601 --> 00:28:58,470
My job is, uh,
being a high school teacher.
536
00:28:58,505 --> 00:29:00,076
And then, uh,
537
00:29:00,111 --> 00:29:01,979
with a full schedule,
538
00:29:02,014 --> 00:29:04,982
I balance that with coaching
539
00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:06,951
through experience, I guess.
540
00:29:06,986 --> 00:29:08,887
So you maybe you
want to talk about
541
00:29:08,922 --> 00:29:11,285
the-- the educational
system in the USA,
542
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,353
um, as-- as one possible topic.
543
00:29:13,388 --> 00:29:15,190
We have one full-time employee.
544
00:29:15,225 --> 00:29:17,357
That's my office coordinator,
Jordan Newman.
545
00:29:17,392 --> 00:29:18,897
We don't even
have any part time,
546
00:29:18,932 --> 00:29:20,492
so everybody else is volunteer.
547
00:29:20,527 --> 00:29:23,836
Well, if I compare that--
The Unicorn situation to
548
00:29:23,871 --> 00:29:25,266
teams like Frankfurt
and Braunschweig,
549
00:29:25,301 --> 00:29:27,466
they have quite a few
full-time employees,
550
00:29:27,501 --> 00:29:29,270
several full-time coaches
551
00:29:29,503 --> 00:29:31,536
and then also, uh,
front office people
552
00:29:31,571 --> 00:29:33,373
that are-- that work full time
553
00:29:33,408 --> 00:29:37,047
and yeah, so we're at--
at a disadvantage there that,
554
00:29:37,082 --> 00:29:39,412
you know, we have to make up
for it by other means.
555
00:29:39,447 --> 00:29:41,546
We don't pay
our German players.
556
00:29:41,581 --> 00:29:43,581
And I've got to go out
557
00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:46,518
and recruit some of the best
German talent around.
558
00:29:46,553 --> 00:29:49,290
Yet compete with other teams
who are telling them,
559
00:29:49,325 --> 00:29:51,963
"I'll give you this amount
of money to come here."
560
00:29:51,998 --> 00:29:53,525
And I've got to sell to them,
561
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,231
"Come here despite
not making the money."
562
00:29:56,266 --> 00:29:59,432
Yeah, I had, uh,
a good offer from, uh,
563
00:29:59,467 --> 00:30:01,368
Frankfurt before the season.
564
00:30:01,403 --> 00:30:03,942
I was thinking about
it for a long time.
565
00:30:03,977 --> 00:30:05,570
I'm not sure if we can--
566
00:30:05,605 --> 00:30:09,013
we can keep it forever
or for-- for very long because,
567
00:30:09,048 --> 00:30:10,542
I mean, into that, uh, teams
568
00:30:10,577 --> 00:30:13,215
who do pay the majority
of their players
569
00:30:13,250 --> 00:30:15,349
and eventually,
you know, that's a--
570
00:30:15,384 --> 00:30:17,516
that's a recruiting
factor that--
571
00:30:17,551 --> 00:30:19,452
that's gotta be hard.
572
00:30:19,487 --> 00:30:21,124
Learning thatthese German guys
573
00:30:21,159 --> 00:30:23,093
are playing forThe Unicorns for free,
574
00:30:23,128 --> 00:30:24,930
when a lot of them could gomake money at other teams
575
00:30:24,965 --> 00:30:27,064
was really eye opening for me.
576
00:30:28,331 --> 00:30:30,397
You know, like,
it's really hard to
577
00:30:31,301 --> 00:30:33,301
stay up early, go to work,
578
00:30:33,336 --> 00:30:36,205
go back from work,
go straight to youth practice,
579
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,604
after youth practice
at senior practice.
580
00:30:40,046 --> 00:30:42,915
And then like Laura,
my girlfriend, say, "Hey,
581
00:30:43,478 --> 00:30:45,313
do you-- do you remember me?"
582
00:30:49,715 --> 00:30:52,386
So I got my surgery
583
00:30:52,421 --> 00:30:53,618
and I returned to practice.
584
00:30:53,653 --> 00:30:55,257
Well played. Well played.
585
00:30:58,031 --> 00:30:59,932
So be shallow, curl,
586
00:30:59,967 --> 00:31:01,263
and a shoot
coming out like this.
587
00:31:01,298 --> 00:31:02,429
So you got that nice triangle.
588
00:31:07,172 --> 00:31:09,073
After being aroundthe team less as a player
589
00:31:09,108 --> 00:31:11,306
and more someonewith an outside perspective,
590
00:31:11,341 --> 00:31:13,638
I started to notice some things.
591
00:31:13,673 --> 00:31:16,344
Football with The Unicornswas different.
592
00:31:16,379 --> 00:31:17,444
Oh, yeah.
593
00:31:17,479 --> 00:31:18,676
Are you alright?
594
00:31:18,711 --> 00:31:20,381
Good luck. Thank you.
595
00:31:20,416 --> 00:31:21,580
He is--
596
00:31:21,615 --> 00:31:23,549
-Raph!
-Yeah, what's up, Matias?
597
00:31:23,584 --> 00:31:25,650
I've gotten so used tothe American approach to it
598
00:31:25,685 --> 00:31:27,960
being such a job inhigh school and college
599
00:31:27,995 --> 00:31:30,556
that seeing these guys playwith such an authentic passion
600
00:31:30,591 --> 00:31:32,723
and joy was absolutely amazing.
601
00:31:34,265 --> 00:31:35,495
Big team!
602
00:31:37,532 --> 00:31:40,137
One, two, three, big team!
603
00:31:40,172 --> 00:31:41,435
Now the Swarco game
604
00:31:41,470 --> 00:31:43,338
was the Unicorns
worst loss in years,
605
00:31:43,373 --> 00:31:45,307
a 34-0 beat down.
606
00:31:45,342 --> 00:31:47,441
And as a football player,you'd expect a dip in morale
607
00:31:47,476 --> 00:31:48,706
after a game like that.
608
00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:50,477
But the attitude of the team
609
00:31:50,512 --> 00:31:53,678
remained optimistic,energized and excited.
610
00:31:54,417 --> 00:31:56,615
-Whoa, here we go.
-Stand to right of Smoke.
611
00:31:56,650 --> 00:31:58,419
Stand to left of Smoke.
612
00:31:58,454 --> 00:31:59,684
-You like my new haircut?
-Yeah, man. Looks good.
613
00:31:59,719 --> 00:32:01,389
-I like you too.
614
00:32:03,558 --> 00:32:05,228
Whoo!
615
00:32:05,428 --> 00:32:07,593
♪
616
00:32:08,365 --> 00:32:09,628
Thank you.
617
00:32:09,663 --> 00:32:11,003
Whoo!
618
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,337
My-- My main
thing is, guys, it'll be,
619
00:32:15,372 --> 00:32:16,734
uh, after a week off, you know,
620
00:32:16,769 --> 00:32:19,209
there'll be a lot of hoopla
around the game.
621
00:32:19,244 --> 00:32:20,672
-Lots of people there.
-Lots of what?
622
00:32:20,707 --> 00:32:22,377
-Whatever, I'll explain later.
-Hoopla.
623
00:32:22,412 --> 00:32:24,049
-Hoopla!
624
00:32:24,084 --> 00:32:25,413
Lots of people there.
625
00:32:25,448 --> 00:32:27,316
-What's a hoopla?
-Uh, everybody?
626
00:32:27,351 --> 00:32:30,319
If you're-- If you're on
the field, you have to focus.
627
00:32:30,354 --> 00:32:33,322
Okay? We cannot have
any mental mistakes.
628
00:32:33,357 --> 00:32:35,621
Yeah, you're there-- you play
football with your teammates.
629
00:32:35,656 --> 00:32:37,623
You do the right stuff, okay?
630
00:32:37,658 --> 00:32:39,394
Know what you have to do
and do it.
631
00:32:39,429 --> 00:32:41,132
And then you're--
we're a good team.
632
00:32:41,167 --> 00:32:43,365
-Alright, let's go, bring it in.
-I like that.
633
00:32:43,664 --> 00:32:45,367
-Ready, Uni--
-Corns!
634
00:32:45,402 --> 00:32:47,468
Go Unicorns!
635
00:32:47,503 --> 00:32:49,668
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa!
636
00:32:51,375 --> 00:32:53,507
-Are you ready?
-Aa-hoo!
637
00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:55,212
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
638
00:32:55,247 --> 00:32:56,708
You are? Oh, yeah.
639
00:32:56,743 --> 00:32:59,315
-Are you ready?
-Aa-hoo! Aa-hoo!
640
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,449
-Who are we?
-The U.
641
00:33:01,484 --> 00:33:04,089
The U. It's all about the U.
642
00:33:04,124 --> 00:33:07,224
The U. The U.
It's all about the U.
643
00:33:07,259 --> 00:33:10,524
The U. The U.
It's all about the U.
644
00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:13,824
The U. The U.
It's all about the U.
645
00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:16,662
The U. The U.
It's all about the U.
646
00:33:16,697 --> 00:33:18,565
I got you!
647
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,402
Very good, man!
648
00:33:27,378 --> 00:33:29,510
Three-One. Three-Jack.
649
00:33:38,785 --> 00:33:41,060
♪
650
00:33:41,788 --> 00:33:44,096
Unicorn.
651
00:33:44,131 --> 00:33:45,658
Here comes the Unicorns.
652
00:33:56,242 --> 00:33:57,571
In US, you finish your game,
653
00:33:57,606 --> 00:33:59,375
you have protein bar
and some Gatorade.
654
00:33:59,410 --> 00:34:00,739
Over here,
you take off your pads,
655
00:34:00,774 --> 00:34:02,180
you have a cigarette
and a beer.
656
00:34:02,215 --> 00:34:04,578
♪
657
00:34:06,219 --> 00:34:08,252
-Cheers!
-Cheers!
658
00:34:11,686 --> 00:34:15,424
♪
659
00:34:30,738 --> 00:34:32,837
♪ Doodah doodah day ♪
660
00:34:32,872 --> 00:34:35,147
♪ Doodah doodah day ♪
661
00:34:35,182 --> 00:34:36,841
♪ Doodah doodah day ♪
662
00:34:36,876 --> 00:34:39,283
♪ Mikey-MikeThrough the microphone ♪
663
00:34:39,318 --> 00:34:41,450
♪ Doodah doodah day ♪
664
00:34:41,947 --> 00:34:45,256
♪
665
00:35:24,759 --> 00:35:27,628
While New Yorker wasdominating their schedule,
666
00:35:27,663 --> 00:35:30,565
Rudy started gettingsome attention from the NFL.
667
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,435
My agents
telling me this stuff like,
668
00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:35,207
Saints looking at you still,
they're asking information,
669
00:35:35,242 --> 00:35:37,275
like, you're looking good,
keep balling.
670
00:35:37,310 --> 00:35:38,672
In the back of my mind,
you know,
671
00:35:38,707 --> 00:35:39,805
of course,
that's still the goal,
672
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,642
you know, go to the league,
673
00:35:41,677 --> 00:35:43,908
but, like, I'm still
living in the moment.
674
00:35:44,383 --> 00:35:47,582
You know, I-- I'm focused
on the season and trying to win.
675
00:35:49,421 --> 00:35:52,719
Meanwhile, I was tryingto get back on the field.
676
00:35:55,691 --> 00:35:57,988
Yeah, it's very
tender right there.
677
00:35:58,023 --> 00:36:01,365
-And it's sensitive?
-Oh, there's the worst of it.
678
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,235
-Yeah, that's the worst.
-Yeah.
679
00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:04,533
At the back, yes.
680
00:36:04,568 --> 00:36:06,469
you know,
that's just musculary thing.
681
00:36:06,504 --> 00:36:08,240
These injuries
just take some time
682
00:36:08,275 --> 00:36:10,407
-to heal, yeah? I can't...
-Yeah.
683
00:36:11,509 --> 00:36:13,344
-Well, after this game, well--
-I think that's--
684
00:36:13,379 --> 00:36:15,808
-Yeah.
-It just takes time.
685
00:36:16,415 --> 00:36:20,318
Uh, just back from
the doctor again,
686
00:36:20,353 --> 00:36:23,750
and we play--
we will probably play Frankfurt
687
00:36:23,950 --> 00:36:25,521
in the GFL South title game.
688
00:36:25,556 --> 00:36:27,919
And they are not sure
689
00:36:27,954 --> 00:36:30,889
if I will be ready
for that or not.
690
00:36:33,630 --> 00:36:35,564
In the GFL,there's a natural pressure
691
00:36:35,599 --> 00:36:37,929
on American imports to perform.
692
00:36:37,964 --> 00:36:40,734
Now being injured and not beingable to contribute to the team,
693
00:36:40,769 --> 00:36:43,407
especially when you'reone of the only paid players,
694
00:36:43,442 --> 00:36:45,376
is an uncomfortable situation.
695
00:36:47,413 --> 00:36:49,842
But The Unicornsnever made me feel bad.
696
00:36:49,877 --> 00:36:51,316
Did you load yet?
697
00:36:51,351 --> 00:36:52,911
-Hello, Nick.
-Hey.
698
00:36:52,946 --> 00:36:55,353
-How's it going?
-What did the doctor say?
699
00:36:55,388 --> 00:36:57,487
Uh, still a bit longer.
700
00:36:57,522 --> 00:36:59,016
-Probably
-And you need to stop moving it?
701
00:36:59,051 --> 00:37:00,655
Yeah, I got to
stop moving it.
702
00:37:00,690 --> 00:37:02,294
-Hi guys.
703
00:37:03,759 --> 00:37:05,561
Come on.
704
00:37:05,596 --> 00:37:07,794
Moritz, you better
get out here for practice.
705
00:37:07,829 --> 00:37:09,862
And one of the coolthings I learned
706
00:37:09,897 --> 00:37:13,305
is that Sigi won't ever turnanyone away from The Unicorns.
707
00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:15,604
Hey, let me introduce you,
this is Daniel.
708
00:37:15,639 --> 00:37:17,034
-From Spain.
-Hello.
709
00:37:17,069 --> 00:37:18,904
-He's going to play for us.
-Hola, senor.
710
00:37:18,939 --> 00:37:21,511
They want to be on the team,he'll let them join.
711
00:37:21,546 --> 00:37:22,875
Madrid.
712
00:37:22,910 --> 00:37:24,910
Buck up.
713
00:37:26,584 --> 00:37:27,913
Go Madrid!
714
00:37:30,016 --> 00:37:32,357
-Unicorn in Spanish?
-Unicornio.
715
00:37:32,392 --> 00:37:33,952
-Unicornio.
-Unicornio.
716
00:37:33,987 --> 00:37:35,525
That's my Unicornio.
717
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,395
Unicornio on three.
718
00:37:40,664 --> 00:37:42,862
Because it's a big family, so--
719
00:37:42,897 --> 00:37:45,337
And everybody takes
care of everybody.
720
00:37:45,372 --> 00:37:47,768
So I never, ever want to
play for, uh, other team
721
00:37:47,803 --> 00:37:49,902
only the U.
722
00:37:56,383 --> 00:37:57,778
Yeah, isn't it weird?
723
00:37:57,813 --> 00:38:00,418
This is the first summer
that I haven't been home.
724
00:38:02,389 --> 00:38:04,114
Yeah, it's still kind of broken.
725
00:38:04,149 --> 00:38:05,951
I mean,
it feels better, but I'm not--
726
00:38:05,986 --> 00:38:07,656
I'm not clear to play yet.
727
00:38:07,691 --> 00:38:09,493
But actually,
we're going on a trip right now.
728
00:38:09,528 --> 00:38:11,660
Uh, like, in five minutes,
I have the doctor's appointment.
729
00:38:11,695 --> 00:38:13,431
-When we get back. Yeah.
- Really?
730
00:38:14,434 --> 00:38:16,599
Prague, Czech Republic.
731
00:38:18,064 --> 00:38:19,536
I know, isn't that cool?
732
00:38:19,571 --> 00:38:21,373
-Hey, Nick?
-Yeah.
733
00:38:21,408 --> 00:38:23,870
-Are you ready?
-Hey, I'm almost ready.
734
00:38:24,169 --> 00:38:25,872
Alright, I've to go.
735
00:38:25,907 --> 00:38:27,478
About to leave.
736
00:38:27,876 --> 00:38:30,448
Tell everybody
I say hi, alright?
737
00:38:30,813 --> 00:38:31,845
Okay.
738
00:38:32,683 --> 00:38:34,980
See you, bro. Bye.
739
00:38:35,015 --> 00:38:36,982
One of the first thingsthat Jordan told us
740
00:38:37,017 --> 00:38:39,116
when we got to Germany wasthat during our by-weekends,
741
00:38:39,151 --> 00:38:41,492
The Unicorns wantedus imports to travel
742
00:38:41,527 --> 00:38:43,890
and experience Europeoutside of football.
743
00:38:45,432 --> 00:38:46,662
Good?
744
00:38:46,697 --> 00:38:49,060
The squad headed to Prague.
745
00:38:49,095 --> 00:38:51,898
♪
746
00:38:54,903 --> 00:38:57,068
Made it to Budapest.
747
00:38:58,643 --> 00:39:00,610
To the Cliffs of Moher.
748
00:39:05,749 --> 00:39:08,519
♪ I'll be silver, I'll be gold ♪
749
00:39:08,554 --> 00:39:10,147
♪ Have my heartBut leave my soul ♪
750
00:39:10,182 --> 00:39:12,050
We're finally in Stockholm.
751
00:39:12,085 --> 00:39:16,692
♪ All that's done will be forgotBut not forgiven ♪
752
00:39:16,727 --> 00:39:19,464
♪ It took some timeBut now I know ♪
753
00:39:19,499 --> 00:39:22,060
♪ The lesson wasJust letting go ♪
754
00:39:22,095 --> 00:39:26,097
♪ And I feel fine ♪
755
00:39:26,132 --> 00:39:27,934
What do you guys wanna do?
756
00:39:28,233 --> 00:39:30,541
-I'm gonna see the waterfall.
-Oh, yeah?
757
00:39:30,576 --> 00:39:32,103
-Should we walk to it?
-Yeah.
758
00:39:32,545 --> 00:39:34,171
Let's do it. You wanna walk
down to the waterfall?
759
00:39:34,206 --> 00:39:36,074
If Rudy runs don't run, alright?
760
00:39:36,109 --> 00:39:38,549
-know.
-I can't even see.
761
00:39:38,584 --> 00:39:41,519
-We toasted that thing.
-Yeah, we did toast him.
762
00:39:42,522 --> 00:39:44,852
And. Yeah, yeah.
763
00:39:46,691 --> 00:39:49,593
The well-being
of the players is always
764
00:39:49,991 --> 00:39:52,530
number one on my agenda.
765
00:39:52,565 --> 00:39:54,191
I don't want to see
it as a business, you know?
766
00:39:54,226 --> 00:39:55,797
Where you just bring in
people and say,
767
00:39:55,832 --> 00:39:57,733
Hey, you know,
you guys play for us.
768
00:39:57,768 --> 00:39:59,636
Uh, we want to get
as much production
769
00:39:59,671 --> 00:40:01,066
out of you as possible,
and that's it.
770
00:40:01,101 --> 00:40:03,167
But I would like
for these people to-- to
771
00:40:03,202 --> 00:40:05,202
grow themselves
and help us grow.
772
00:40:05,644 --> 00:40:07,072
You know what
I'm saying? We're here to
773
00:40:07,107 --> 00:40:08,810
have this human experience.
774
00:40:08,845 --> 00:40:11,043
You can't have that
without taking risk.
775
00:40:11,078 --> 00:40:12,682
You can't have that without, uh,
776
00:40:12,717 --> 00:40:14,046
getting on a flight
and coming to Germany
777
00:40:14,081 --> 00:40:15,553
where you know
nobody from there,
778
00:40:15,588 --> 00:40:16,686
where you're,
uh, you by yourself,
779
00:40:16,721 --> 00:40:18,149
you leaving your parents,
780
00:40:18,184 --> 00:40:20,723
you leaving your whole family
back at the crib,
781
00:40:20,758 --> 00:40:23,528
you gonna be in a-- a place
that you never thought you'd be,
782
00:40:23,563 --> 00:40:25,695
meeting people that you
never thought you would meet,
783
00:40:25,730 --> 00:40:28,731
having relationships that
you never thought you'd have,
784
00:40:29,030 --> 00:40:30,634
can't shy away from it.
785
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,108
I said years ago
786
00:40:43,143 --> 00:40:45,176
when Frankfurt was
probably the third league,
787
00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:47,849
and we said, well, you know,
we're-- we're trying
788
00:40:47,884 --> 00:40:49,246
to make the best
of what we have here.
789
00:40:49,281 --> 00:40:50,918
We don't have any outside guys,
790
00:40:50,953 --> 00:40:53,591
and we're trying to go
do a good junior program.
791
00:40:53,626 --> 00:40:57,023
But eventually the big cities
like Frankfurt, uh,
792
00:40:57,058 --> 00:40:59,894
and Munich and Berlin, they
should all pass us, you know,
793
00:40:59,929 --> 00:41:02,732
just because of
the infrastructure they have.
794
00:41:02,965 --> 00:41:05,163
And I mean,
you see the Frankfurt now,
795
00:41:05,198 --> 00:41:07,836
you know,
with relatively little ease,
796
00:41:07,871 --> 00:41:10,872
uh, I mean, now they have
a lot of money behind them, too.
797
00:41:10,907 --> 00:41:14,007
-Yeah.
-Not just-- Not just players.
798
00:41:14,042 --> 00:41:17,043
-You know there is.
-But it's-- it's happening.
799
00:41:17,078 --> 00:41:19,276
And now the question is, do we--
800
00:41:19,311 --> 00:41:21,751
do we try and scratch and fight
801
00:41:21,786 --> 00:41:24,050
with our homegrown talent and...
802
00:41:24,085 --> 00:41:25,590
Yeah.
803
00:41:35,899 --> 00:41:38,801
Okay, uh, just
got out of the doctor
804
00:41:38,836 --> 00:41:42,002
and, uh, I'm cleared to play
this weekend.
805
00:41:42,037 --> 00:41:44,334
Collar bone is
good enough to go.
806
00:41:44,369 --> 00:41:47,645
And we play Frankfurt
for the South title.
807
00:41:48,813 --> 00:41:50,109
Wow, let's go.
808
00:41:55,688 --> 00:41:57,952
The Frankfurt rematch was big.
809
00:41:57,987 --> 00:42:00,955
Winner of this game would havetop playoff seed in the South.
810
00:42:00,990 --> 00:42:04,189
And the best path to playNew Yorker in the German Bowl.
811
00:42:06,259 --> 00:42:09,832
♪
812
00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:15,002
You know, we felt confident.
813
00:42:15,037 --> 00:42:16,806
We-- We had
finally found our groove.
814
00:42:16,841 --> 00:42:19,237
We're rolling
and we knew they were too.
815
00:42:19,272 --> 00:42:21,679
Uh, so it was just
one of those weekends
816
00:42:21,714 --> 00:42:23,274
that, you know, you've just
been waiting for all year.
817
00:42:38,797 --> 00:42:40,357
Scored the first two touchdowns
818
00:42:40,392 --> 00:42:42,898
when we had a 14-zero lead,
we stunned their crowd.
819
00:42:42,933 --> 00:42:44,735
I know one thing though
their first touchdown
820
00:42:44,770 --> 00:42:46,198
that they had,
821
00:42:46,233 --> 00:42:48,673
that house was on fire.
822
00:42:48,708 --> 00:42:50,004
I mean, that stadium was burnt.
823
00:42:57,046 --> 00:42:59,211
I mean, it was what
everybody was expecting.
824
00:42:59,246 --> 00:43:02,148
I mean, it was two
dynamic explosive offenses.
825
00:43:02,183 --> 00:43:04,381
You know, played the punches
then in the second half,
826
00:43:04,416 --> 00:43:06,284
it kind of turned
into a defensive game.
827
00:43:06,759 --> 00:43:08,154
Yeah, I go strong ahead?
828
00:43:34,985 --> 00:43:37,051
When I first cameto Germany, I did not know
829
00:43:37,086 --> 00:43:38,283
what I was getting myself into.
830
00:43:38,318 --> 00:43:39,889
He's so improved, everybody.
831
00:43:39,924 --> 00:43:42,760
So we can improve
at all levels of the game.
832
00:43:42,795 --> 00:43:44,828
Alright? So great job.
833
00:43:44,863 --> 00:43:47,699
Celebrate like hell
till Wednesday.
834
00:43:47,734 --> 00:43:49,459
I thought maybe I'd getto go over and enjoy
835
00:43:49,494 --> 00:43:52,803
one last season of footballbefore I hung it all up.
836
00:43:52,838 --> 00:43:54,937
But fate hada different plan for me,
837
00:43:54,972 --> 00:43:56,939
and at first glance,breaking my collar bone,
838
00:43:56,974 --> 00:44:00,437
three games into the seasonwas absolutely devastating.
839
00:44:00,472 --> 00:44:02,373
But what it gave mewas the opportunity to gain
840
00:44:02,408 --> 00:44:04,111
a new perspective on this team.
841
00:44:09,217 --> 00:44:10,788
I spent three monthslearning everything
842
00:44:10,823 --> 00:44:12,284
I could about the Unicorns,
843
00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:14,121
interviewing my teammatesand coaches
844
00:44:14,156 --> 00:44:15,925
and people aroundSchwäbisch Hall.
845
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,356
And in that process,my teammates became my brothers,
846
00:44:18,391 --> 00:44:20,226
my coaches became my mentors,
847
00:44:20,261 --> 00:44:21,964
and I fell in lovewith the town.
848
00:44:21,999 --> 00:44:23,834
-Nick.
-Cody.
849
00:44:23,869 --> 00:44:25,737
I'm going to have to move,
I'm standing here for an hour.
850
00:44:25,772 --> 00:44:27,431
We try the first couple one
851
00:44:27,466 --> 00:44:29,367
-and then you give me a...
-We'll try, if you do a bad job
852
00:44:29,402 --> 00:44:30,973
I'm going.
853
00:44:31,008 --> 00:44:32,942
-See you.
-See you.
854
00:44:32,977 --> 00:44:35,879
And it turns out the AmiHouse was kind of awesome.
855
00:44:35,914 --> 00:44:38,310
Cody's mad that I cooked
and it got really smoky.
856
00:44:38,345 --> 00:44:40,081
We had to take all
the smoke detectors
857
00:44:40,116 --> 00:44:41,753
out of the house
because of Nick.
858
00:44:41,788 --> 00:44:43,183
The Unicorns kept me around
859
00:44:43,218 --> 00:44:44,349
when they couldhave easily swapped me
860
00:44:44,384 --> 00:44:46,120
for a healthy new import,
861
00:44:46,155 --> 00:44:48,056
and they treated mewell when I was down.
862
00:44:48,091 --> 00:44:50,993
And that really gave me a senseof love towards the program.
863
00:45:01,874 --> 00:45:04,303
Now this teamshouldn't be successful,
864
00:45:04,338 --> 00:45:07,779
yet somehowit finds a way to be.
865
00:45:07,814 --> 00:45:10,980
But ultimately,we're facing Goliath.
866
00:45:13,413 --> 00:45:15,116
And now we weretwo playoff wins away
867
00:45:15,151 --> 00:45:17,316
from our chanceon taking them on.
868
00:45:17,351 --> 00:45:19,219
The best football teamon the continent,
869
00:45:19,254 --> 00:45:21,155
led by Casey Therriault,
870
00:45:21,190 --> 00:45:22,827
the most famous playerin Germany
871
00:45:22,862 --> 00:45:24,290
and arguablythe best quarterback
872
00:45:24,325 --> 00:45:26,424
that European footballhas ever seen.
873
00:45:26,866 --> 00:45:28,558
German football
and European football,
874
00:45:28,593 --> 00:45:31,803
and obviously,
what we've done on a-- on a--
875
00:45:32,333 --> 00:45:36,038
I guess on a continental
level here, it just feels like
876
00:45:36,909 --> 00:45:38,469
we were-- we were
nobody when I got here.
877
00:45:38,504 --> 00:45:40,570
And now it's like
the New York Alliance
878
00:45:40,605 --> 00:45:42,407
is-- is the place--
is the place to be.
879
00:45:42,442 --> 00:45:44,310
And-- And--
And the talk of the town
880
00:45:44,345 --> 00:45:46,378
when it comes
to European football.
881
00:45:46,413 --> 00:45:49,381
♪
882
00:45:53,519 --> 00:45:55,420
From that, our
883
00:45:55,994 --> 00:45:58,027
D-line is much improved.
884
00:45:58,062 --> 00:46:00,359
We're putting guys
in better spots,
885
00:46:01,197 --> 00:46:02,867
-like, using them better.
-Yeah.
886
00:46:03,298 --> 00:46:06,299
And right around August,
playoff starts
887
00:46:06,334 --> 00:46:08,532
then all of a sudden
it's like things start clicking
888
00:46:08,567 --> 00:46:10,534
and you're like, "Oh, shit,
889
00:46:11,075 --> 00:46:12,404
here we come."
890
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:15,473
There was a wholenew level of intensity
891
00:46:15,508 --> 00:46:17,343
heading into playoffs.
892
00:46:17,378 --> 00:46:19,180
During the regular season,
893
00:46:19,215 --> 00:46:21,116
we only play against teamsfrom the GFL South,
894
00:46:21,151 --> 00:46:22,480
so now was our opportunity to
895
00:46:22,515 --> 00:46:24,350
play against teamsfrom the North,
896
00:46:24,385 --> 00:46:26,990
which is historicallya much stronger division.
897
00:46:27,025 --> 00:46:29,355
Teams from the North lookdown on teams from the South,
898
00:46:29,390 --> 00:46:32,523
and now it's win or go home.
899
00:46:33,427 --> 00:46:35,526
You have challenges
that you're going to face,
900
00:46:35,561 --> 00:46:38,496
and you have challenges that
sometimes may seem overwhelming
901
00:46:38,531 --> 00:46:42,401
or may seem too big or may seem
that you might never get it.
902
00:46:42,436 --> 00:46:44,238
But as long as, you know,
903
00:46:44,273 --> 00:46:46,636
you're relentless and
you just keep coming after it
904
00:46:46,671 --> 00:46:48,308
and keep coming after it,
905
00:46:48,343 --> 00:46:50,145
eventually that payoff
is going to be there.
906
00:46:50,180 --> 00:46:51,443
We are all underdogs.
907
00:46:51,478 --> 00:46:53,379
I'm undersized,
you're undersized.
908
00:46:53,414 --> 00:46:56,547
You know, we got on this team
that was like, uh, underdogs.
909
00:46:57,220 --> 00:46:59,924
If everything was easy,
we don't mind it, why?
910
00:46:59,959 --> 00:47:02,058
Why are we here
if it won't even be necessary?
911
00:47:02,093 --> 00:47:03,455
You know,
one of the great things
912
00:47:03,490 --> 00:47:05,259
about this import group
is you can feel
913
00:47:05,294 --> 00:47:07,360
that they were out
to go win a championship.
914
00:47:07,395 --> 00:47:09,197
Have you ever
won a championship?
915
00:47:09,232 --> 00:47:10,902
-No.
-No, man.
916
00:47:10,937 --> 00:47:12,497
Never won a championship.
Never been a part of a team
917
00:47:12,532 --> 00:47:14,235
that was close to
winning a championship.
918
00:47:14,270 --> 00:47:15,533
Have you ever
won a championship?
919
00:47:15,568 --> 00:47:17,007
Nope, nothing.
920
00:47:17,042 --> 00:47:19,504
I want to be known
as-- as-- as-- as
921
00:47:19,539 --> 00:47:21,506
winning the most German
Bowls consecutively.
922
00:47:21,541 --> 00:47:23,409
Like, I want to be part
of those teams
923
00:47:23,444 --> 00:47:25,510
that dominated
more than any other.
924
00:47:25,545 --> 00:47:28,414
That was an emotional,
tough win on Saturday.
925
00:47:28,449 --> 00:47:30,218
Way to go.
926
00:47:30,253 --> 00:47:32,682
This is about us
as a football team,
927
00:47:32,717 --> 00:47:35,388
playing at the highest level
and showing who we really are
928
00:47:35,423 --> 00:47:37,027
and spring forward
us into the playoffs.
929
00:47:37,062 --> 00:47:39,194
I want to be known as,
you know, the--
930
00:47:39,229 --> 00:47:41,130
the-- the greatest five years
of all time.
931
00:47:41,165 --> 00:47:43,363
Be aware of that, fellows,
and be on top of little things.
932
00:47:43,398 --> 00:47:45,068
And you're ready to go.
933
00:47:45,103 --> 00:47:47,598
♪
934
00:47:52,077 --> 00:47:55,078
First round of playoffsagainst the Berlin Rebels.
935
00:47:57,511 --> 00:47:59,544
We run the stadium, alright?
936
00:47:59,579 --> 00:48:01,117
Come on, everyone.
937
00:48:01,152 --> 00:48:02,613
-Who are we?
-The U.
938
00:48:02,648 --> 00:48:05,286
The U. The U.
It's all about the U.
939
00:48:05,321 --> 00:48:06,958
Raining, it was dirty.
940
00:48:06,993 --> 00:48:08,421
It was just a grind
to kind of get through.
941
00:48:08,456 --> 00:48:10,324
This team isnotorious in Germany
942
00:48:10,359 --> 00:48:12,964
for playing old schooland hard-hitting football.
943
00:48:14,495 --> 00:48:17,034
You check the knife even
if they have lots of knives.
944
00:48:25,308 --> 00:48:27,143
After struggling early on,
945
00:48:27,178 --> 00:48:29,541
we were eventually ableto take control of the game.
946
00:48:31,050 --> 00:48:34,315
But we did notwalk away unscathed.
947
00:48:52,434 --> 00:48:54,170
One of the biggest things that--
948
00:48:54,205 --> 00:48:57,371
that happened in the game
was the loss of Tyler Rutenbeck.
949
00:48:58,638 --> 00:49:00,737
You know, we get through
that game, we win the game.
950
00:49:00,772 --> 00:49:02,343
Happy to be moving on.
951
00:49:02,378 --> 00:49:03,740
But there was still a dark cloud
952
00:49:03,775 --> 00:49:05,676
that was hanging
over everything.
953
00:49:19,659 --> 00:49:21,131
Good job, I'm proud of you
954
00:49:21,166 --> 00:49:22,660
for getting through
a game like that,
955
00:49:22,695 --> 00:49:25,234
with rain like that,
moving on to the second, uh,
956
00:49:25,269 --> 00:49:26,499
uh, semifinals.
957
00:49:26,534 --> 00:49:28,138
Rudy's out. Rudy's done.
958
00:49:28,173 --> 00:49:30,239
Okay? So we got to
just make up for it.
959
00:49:30,274 --> 00:49:32,274
Next man has got to
get up and we got to go.
960
00:49:32,309 --> 00:49:34,243
Okay? We've got to go,
next man up.
961
00:49:34,278 --> 00:49:35,805
Alright?
So let's go to work, okay?
962
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:37,675
Let's go to work this week,
we're in the semi finals,
963
00:49:37,710 --> 00:49:39,182
fellas, it's gonna be
a good day.
964
00:49:39,217 --> 00:49:40,678
Here we go.
965
00:49:40,713 --> 00:49:42,647
Go!
966
00:49:44,816 --> 00:49:46,717
Rudy broke his collarbone.
967
00:49:46,752 --> 00:49:49,060
The exact same break that I had.
968
00:49:49,656 --> 00:49:51,392
My first thought
was like, I'm done.
969
00:49:51,427 --> 00:49:54,725
Like, no more. I can't play
the next playoff game.
970
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,200
Once I had time to, like,
971
00:49:57,235 --> 00:50:00,071
think about it,
I thought about the NFL stuff.
972
00:50:01,173 --> 00:50:03,635
It wasn't depression,
but it was like, fuck, man,
973
00:50:03,670 --> 00:50:05,604
because I guess that
was my ultimate goal, man.
974
00:50:05,639 --> 00:50:07,342
Just go play in a league.
975
00:50:07,377 --> 00:50:11,511
And then I knew it was just
not going to happen.
976
00:50:15,286 --> 00:50:17,319
♪
977
00:50:24,460 --> 00:50:26,295
With Rudy out,we tried to scramble
978
00:50:26,330 --> 00:50:29,067
and get an elite receiverfor the semi-final game.
979
00:50:30,697 --> 00:50:33,731
We tried, zero message.
980
00:50:33,766 --> 00:50:34,598
-No way.
-Yeah.
981
00:50:34,634 --> 00:50:36,602
-Did he really? What did he say?
-Yeah.
982
00:50:37,407 --> 00:50:40,111
Basically, he said, we're trying
to do as like a selling, like,
983
00:50:40,146 --> 00:50:41,475
kind of Viking's saying,
you know,
984
00:50:41,510 --> 00:50:43,246
our players are trying
to get extra work in,
985
00:50:43,281 --> 00:50:44,874
you know, returning back,
986
00:50:44,909 --> 00:50:46,612
playing a couple of games
and then he'll come back to us.
987
00:50:46,647 --> 00:50:47,844
Blah, blah, blah.
988
00:50:47,879 --> 00:50:49,648
And see if they would be...
989
00:50:49,881 --> 00:50:54,191
But Moritz like, nah, I don't
want to ask or something.
990
00:50:54,226 --> 00:50:56,292
We were unsuccessful.
991
00:51:07,932 --> 00:51:09,569
We live this, you now?
992
00:51:09,604 --> 00:51:11,868
We live The Unicorns,
so many of us do,
993
00:51:11,903 --> 00:51:15,575
whether it's-- it's coaches,
players, fans, we live this.
994
00:51:15,775 --> 00:51:19,315
Um, I work with, um,
a military base here.
995
00:51:19,350 --> 00:51:21,680
Uh, I work as security there.
996
00:51:21,715 --> 00:51:24,914
Making practice happen
outside of work.
997
00:51:24,949 --> 00:51:26,883
And I got a daughter
now as well.
998
00:51:26,918 --> 00:51:28,885
For me, the hardest thing
was definitely balancing
999
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,426
my time correctly to where
1000
00:51:31,461 --> 00:51:33,593
everybody gets
a little piece of Jojo,
1001
00:51:33,628 --> 00:51:35,628
I suppose, so...
1002
00:51:38,204 --> 00:51:43,240
Okay, behind us,
we see the Ilge.
1003
00:51:43,275 --> 00:51:45,176
The Ilge is the fan bar
1004
00:51:45,211 --> 00:51:47,871
of The Unicorns,
players and fans,
1005
00:51:47,906 --> 00:51:50,907
they meet up there
usually after the game,
1006
00:51:50,942 --> 00:51:54,515
discuss the last game
or the next game.
1007
00:51:54,550 --> 00:51:57,782
And get the news from
the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns.
1008
00:51:57,817 --> 00:51:59,388
-That is awesome.
-Would you like to draw?
1009
00:51:59,423 --> 00:52:01,258
-With chalk? That's cool.
-Yeah.
1010
00:52:01,293 --> 00:52:03,953
Let's say there is a big
number who love The Unicorns
1011
00:52:03,988 --> 00:52:07,462
who go-- who like to go
to the-- the games who...
1012
00:52:07,497 --> 00:52:08,595
Zefron, eh?
1013
00:52:08,630 --> 00:52:10,663
It's a big community.
1014
00:52:10,698 --> 00:52:12,467
Sure, it's good to meet you.
1015
00:52:12,502 --> 00:52:13,963
People like that,
this is grown up
1016
00:52:13,998 --> 00:52:16,471
in a small town
like Schwäbisch Hall
1017
00:52:16,506 --> 00:52:19,738
with only 40,000 people
living here.
1018
00:52:20,675 --> 00:52:23,973
I can-- I mean, uh,
it's hard, it's really hard.
1019
00:52:25,515 --> 00:52:27,746
But I go,
1020
00:52:27,781 --> 00:52:30,815
if I have to make
the decision for that,
1021
00:52:31,752 --> 00:52:33,488
I go for
1022
00:52:33,985 --> 00:52:35,490
that one.
1023
00:52:36,724 --> 00:52:41,265
2012 because
it was really special.
1024
00:52:41,300 --> 00:52:44,796
We had a lot of--
I mean, uh, the team
1025
00:52:44,996 --> 00:52:47,370
was really great,
the people are really great.
1026
00:52:47,405 --> 00:52:49,405
So we stick together.
1027
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:50,901
Had a lot of good memories.
1028
00:52:50,936 --> 00:52:53,442
Yeah, I mean, I go for that one.
1029
00:52:54,610 --> 00:52:55,939
-We'll get it, alright?
-Alright.
1030
00:52:55,974 --> 00:52:57,512
-Go.
-Nice.
1031
00:52:57,547 --> 00:52:58,744
Good job.
1032
00:52:59,450 --> 00:53:00,746
Another trick, though.
1033
00:53:00,781 --> 00:53:02,253
Getting the chance
to like, go up
1034
00:53:02,288 --> 00:53:03,386
against American players,
1035
00:53:03,421 --> 00:53:04,915
everything in practice
is awesome.
1036
00:53:04,950 --> 00:53:06,620
And I know they're supposed
to run through you,
1037
00:53:06,655 --> 00:53:07,819
like, almost every time.
1038
00:53:07,854 --> 00:53:09,623
But I think there's a point
1039
00:53:09,658 --> 00:53:11,592
and I think that's why
we bring Americans to Europe.
1040
00:53:11,627 --> 00:53:13,022
Like, it's not
for them to go out
1041
00:53:13,057 --> 00:53:14,925
and raid the league,
it's for them to practice
1042
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,531
and compete against
1043
00:53:16,566 --> 00:53:18,302
all the German
and all the European guys.
1044
00:53:18,337 --> 00:53:21,239
So we get the chance
to like get better.
1045
00:53:24,035 --> 00:53:25,837
When you see stuff
like this around town,
1046
00:53:25,872 --> 00:53:27,476
-does that feel pretty good?
-Yeah.
1047
00:53:28,908 --> 00:53:30,809
-Yeah?
-That means we've arrived.
1048
00:53:31,812 --> 00:53:33,878
You've arrived
when you see that.
1049
00:53:33,913 --> 00:53:36,716
Did you ever think
33 years ago it's be like this?
1050
00:53:36,751 --> 00:53:38,421
No.
1051
00:53:38,456 --> 00:53:41,886
Uh, I was hoping, you know,
I've always been
1052
00:53:42,493 --> 00:53:44,955
part of the--
the dream or the idea
1053
00:53:45,958 --> 00:53:47,397
to
1054
00:53:47,795 --> 00:53:49,465
you know, be
1055
00:53:50,666 --> 00:53:52,633
part of the town culture.
1056
00:53:52,668 --> 00:53:54,536
I think we are now.
1057
00:54:04,581 --> 00:54:06,713
Go, go, go.
1058
00:54:06,946 --> 00:54:09,617
Here you go.
1059
00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:14,457
So one of the main
things I learned from Sigi is
1060
00:54:14,756 --> 00:54:16,459
you just don't make excuses.
1061
00:54:16,494 --> 00:54:18,791
Whatever your situation is,
whether it's in football
1062
00:54:18,826 --> 00:54:21,563
or in life,
you make the most out of it.
1063
00:54:21,598 --> 00:54:23,796
You do the absolute
very best you can.
1064
00:54:23,831 --> 00:54:28,438
And Sigi is somebody who just
absolutely will not tolerate
1065
00:54:28,473 --> 00:54:30,407
somebody making excuses
or basically feeling
1066
00:54:30,442 --> 00:54:31,837
sorry for himself.
1067
00:54:31,872 --> 00:54:33,740
Don't shy away
from the adversity,
1068
00:54:33,775 --> 00:54:35,478
you know what I'm saying?
Welcome it.
1069
00:54:35,513 --> 00:54:36,908
Check the--
Hey, left, left, left.
1070
00:54:36,943 --> 00:54:38,844
Awesome, awesome.
1071
00:54:38,879 --> 00:54:40,978
Because there's going to be
some glorious at the end of it,
1072
00:54:41,013 --> 00:54:43,112
you know what I'm saying?
Something amazing
1073
00:54:43,147 --> 00:54:46,654
that's going to come and all you
got to do is stick it through
1074
00:54:46,689 --> 00:54:48,887
and keep pressing forward.
1075
00:54:48,922 --> 00:54:51,120
The semi-final gamewas against Dresden,
1076
00:54:51,155 --> 00:54:53,892
a big bad teamfrom the east of Germany.
1077
00:54:54,433 --> 00:54:57,500
♪
1078
00:55:09,844 --> 00:55:11,844
I heard a lot of people say,
1079
00:55:11,879 --> 00:55:13,384
"Schwäbisch Hall's
going to lose this game."
1080
00:55:25,596 --> 00:55:27,860
We got it, let's go. We got it.
1081
00:55:37,608 --> 00:55:40,136
The game wasa back and forth battle.
1082
00:55:40,171 --> 00:55:42,578
We were facing a team
that had a great offence.
1083
00:55:55,054 --> 00:55:56,988
Our offence was rolling
but we just couldn't stop them.
1084
00:56:06,032 --> 00:56:08,736
We had a fumble,
um, on the kickoff.
1085
00:56:08,771 --> 00:56:11,508
Kickoff
handled by Patrick Donahue.
1086
00:56:17,945 --> 00:56:20,682
Well, you could feel the--
guys starting to get nervous
1087
00:56:20,717 --> 00:56:22,178
-and getting tensed up.
-So it was like,
1088
00:56:22,213 --> 00:56:24,686
"Oh, oh. They can come
back and take the lead."
1089
00:56:30,661 --> 00:56:32,826
You know when you get
into those games, it could be--
1090
00:56:32,861 --> 00:56:35,433
They're gonna make their plays
or you're gonna make yours.
1091
00:56:42,673 --> 00:56:44,167
You know, just at the end of day
1092
00:56:44,202 --> 00:56:45,971
we're able to make a few more
than they were.
1093
00:56:54,113 --> 00:56:56,014
We have fucking won this, bitch!
1094
00:57:15,607 --> 00:57:17,200
Hey!
1095
00:57:21,712 --> 00:57:23,041
We hit the Berlin check.
1096
00:57:23,076 --> 00:57:24,581
Berlin, Berlin.
We'll be in Berlin.
1097
00:57:24,616 --> 00:57:25,681
We're going to...
1098
00:57:38,091 --> 00:57:40,058
-Berlin! Berlin!
1099
00:58:04,887 --> 00:58:08,152
♪
1100
00:58:59,975 --> 00:59:02,140
Well, we've never won
white pants.
1101
00:59:02,175 --> 00:59:04,010
Go to go
with pride playing black.
1102
00:59:04,045 --> 00:59:06,045
When we lost...
1103
00:59:06,080 --> 00:59:08,146
So, well, on the negative side.
1104
00:59:08,181 --> 00:59:10,115
-However...
-Exactly. We got to--
1105
00:59:10,150 --> 00:59:11,853
-We gotta even out.
-Yup.
1106
00:59:11,888 --> 00:59:14,922
We have never lost
in white pants.
1107
00:59:16,420 --> 00:59:18,860
-In Berlin.
1108
00:59:19,258 --> 00:59:20,961
White it is.
1109
00:59:22,096 --> 00:59:24,096
Fine. Now, we're starting it.
1110
00:59:25,704 --> 00:59:27,264
Uh, how many guys--
they were asking
1111
00:59:27,299 --> 00:59:29,068
how many guys
do we want to bring?
1112
00:59:30,203 --> 00:59:32,709
I said my wish would be 50.
1113
00:59:32,744 --> 00:59:34,777
Like, on game day roster.
1114
00:59:34,812 --> 00:59:38,110
Because I don't want the bus
crowded, hotel room crowded.
1115
00:59:40,884 --> 00:59:43,181
The more people we're bringing
the more chaotic it gets.
1116
00:59:43,216 --> 00:59:47,317
More pissed off
some of our older players get,
1117
00:59:47,352 --> 00:59:49,121
because they don't have the, uh,
1118
00:59:49,156 --> 00:59:51,354
space that they
would like to have.
1119
00:59:57,934 --> 01:00:00,363
-I'm totally against it.
-Against what?
1120
01:00:00,398 --> 01:00:02,673
Against bringing to 50.
I want to bring everybody.
1121
01:00:02,708 --> 01:00:03,839
Yeah.
1122
01:00:03,874 --> 01:00:05,907
74 on my roster.
1123
01:00:06,437 --> 01:00:08,008
That we're not bringing...
1124
01:00:08,043 --> 01:00:09,746
And there it is,right there.
1125
01:00:09,781 --> 01:00:11,242
That's the heartof the Unicorns.
1126
01:00:11,277 --> 01:00:13,783
That's the cultureestablished by Sigi.
1127
01:00:14,016 --> 01:00:15,686
-Good job.
-Thanks.
1128
01:00:15,721 --> 01:00:18,315
But hey, thanks for--
being on the show.
1129
01:00:20,088 --> 01:00:21,857
It's a culturethat combines success
1130
01:00:21,892 --> 01:00:24,222
with treating peoplethe right way.
1131
01:00:24,257 --> 01:00:26,697
And I know if I playedfor any other team,
1132
01:00:26,732 --> 01:00:28,996
I would have been sent homewhen I got hurt.
1133
01:00:30,769 --> 01:00:32,098
We said, "Good."
1134
01:00:35,499 --> 01:00:37,070
What do you guys think
about the German bowl?
1135
01:00:37,105 --> 01:00:38,841
Are you excited?
1136
01:00:38,876 --> 01:00:40,106
-Win the German Bowl?
-Are we going to win?
1137
01:00:40,141 --> 01:00:41,338
-Yes.
-Yeah?
1138
01:00:41,373 --> 01:00:42,405
-Are you going to come?
-Yes.
1139
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:44,077
-No,
-You go?
1140
01:00:44,112 --> 01:00:45,848
-We don't think-- time to come.
-Yeah, play.
1141
01:00:45,883 --> 01:00:47,850
We-- we look at-- watch TV.
1142
01:00:47,885 --> 01:00:49,379
-You're watching on TV?
-Yes.
1143
01:00:49,414 --> 01:00:52,184
When you will have big six...
1144
01:00:52,219 --> 01:00:53,317
I have a big six?
1145
01:00:53,352 --> 01:00:55,957
-Yes.
-And then we all--
1146
01:00:55,992 --> 01:00:58,289
And when you make
a big six, you, uh,
1147
01:00:58,324 --> 01:01:01,193
-um, make-- Steven--
-Point to--
1148
01:01:01,228 --> 01:01:02,799
For Steven?
1149
01:01:02,834 --> 01:01:04,163
-Okay, I'll do that.
-And--
1150
01:01:04,198 --> 01:01:05,769
-And Justin.
-And Justin.
1151
01:01:05,804 --> 01:01:07,397
I'll say all your names.
1152
01:01:07,432 --> 01:01:10,004
Alright guys, time for practice.
1153
01:01:10,039 --> 01:01:11,269
-Go.
-Let's go.
1154
01:01:13,944 --> 01:01:16,175
Him, back on the vertical,
right through.
1155
01:01:16,210 --> 01:01:18,144
-Here, down, down.
-Yeah.
1156
01:01:18,179 --> 01:01:19,948
You don't look fine now.
1157
01:01:19,983 --> 01:01:21,147
It's cold.
1158
01:01:21,182 --> 01:01:23,446
Walk through in a park.
1159
01:01:23,481 --> 01:01:25,448
The same park we had in 2012
1160
01:01:25,483 --> 01:01:27,285
when we accidentally
won the German Bowl.
1161
01:01:27,320 --> 01:01:29,254
Left, left, left.
1162
01:01:29,289 --> 01:01:30,761
Time to go!
1163
01:01:30,796 --> 01:01:32,455
Same hotel we had in 2012
1164
01:01:32,490 --> 01:01:34,061
when we accidentally
won the German Bowl.
1165
01:01:34,096 --> 01:01:35,194
All right, go.
1166
01:01:36,463 --> 01:01:38,967
That was good. I think
we could really get that far,
1167
01:01:39,002 --> 01:01:40,529
but we see this guy
turn it and run away...
1168
01:01:40,564 --> 01:01:43,301
To back away from it now.
This is two by two.
1169
01:01:43,336 --> 01:01:44,841
I'd be so locked in on run.
1170
01:01:44,876 --> 01:01:46,502
Take that run.
1171
01:01:46,537 --> 01:01:48,944
-Hey, go left, left, left!
1172
01:01:49,144 --> 01:01:52,046
We have to wait on guard,
pinch when we have to go off.
1173
01:01:52,081 --> 01:01:55,016
If I tell you it's cold,
it is cold, goddammit.
1174
01:01:55,051 --> 01:01:56,820
Yeah, okay,
this guy is--
1175
01:01:56,855 --> 01:01:58,514
He's got to give it.
Like, he can't throw this here.
1176
01:01:58,549 --> 01:02:00,956
I'm fine with winning
again accidentally.
1177
01:02:03,323 --> 01:02:04,795
All right, go!
1178
01:02:08,526 --> 01:02:10,196
We don't even have to be lucky.
1179
01:02:10,231 --> 01:02:13,199
I think we're good enough
to dominate the game.
1180
01:02:13,234 --> 01:02:15,333
You win the damn general.
1181
01:02:15,368 --> 01:02:17,104
Good luck.
1182
01:02:17,139 --> 01:02:19,535
-Have fun.
1183
01:02:20,043 --> 01:02:23,143
-My dear folks, we're the Uni...
-Corns!
1184
01:02:34,893 --> 01:02:38,026
Schwäbisch Hallis nearly 800 years old.
1185
01:02:39,964 --> 01:02:43,196
Back in the day, it wasknown for producing salt.
1186
01:02:45,904 --> 01:02:48,465
Today, among other things,
1187
01:02:48,500 --> 01:02:50,533
it's known forAmerican football.
1188
01:02:50,568 --> 01:02:52,502
And I think that's pretty cool.
1189
01:02:55,342 --> 01:02:57,947
This town deservesthis championship.
1190
01:03:00,413 --> 01:03:03,579
♪
1191
01:03:12,425 --> 01:03:15,998
The U, the U,
it's all about the U!
1192
01:03:16,264 --> 01:03:19,331
♪
1193
01:03:45,997 --> 01:03:47,095
Ready, go!
1194
01:04:16,687 --> 01:04:20,425
♪
1195
01:04:53,724 --> 01:04:57,033
♪
1196
01:05:49,747 --> 01:05:53,155
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
1197
01:06:02,496 --> 01:06:04,628
It's Christian...
1198
01:06:55,153 --> 01:06:56,515
Wow!
1199
01:07:51,374 --> 01:07:54,771
- Wow!
1200
01:07:56,511 --> 01:07:58,544
Fear the Unicorns.
1201
01:08:28,939 --> 01:08:31,379
Offense. Listen to me.
1202
01:08:31,414 --> 01:08:35,746
Okay? Whatever reason,
it always takes us forward.
1203
01:08:35,781 --> 01:08:37,814
You know, get rolling
against Braunschweig,
1204
01:08:37,849 --> 01:08:39,486
for whatever reason.
1205
01:08:39,521 --> 01:08:41,752
Every time after that quarter
or so goes by,
1206
01:08:41,787 --> 01:08:43,358
we start realizing,
"Oh, shit. Yeah.
1207
01:08:43,393 --> 01:08:45,558
Okay, we can play
with anybody, right?"
1208
01:08:45,593 --> 01:08:48,330
Coach Tomlin said it,
"You deserve this.
1209
01:08:48,365 --> 01:08:50,299
Finish this shift
the right away!
1210
01:08:50,631 --> 01:08:54,270
Finish the shift the right away
and you do it with violence!
1211
01:08:54,305 --> 01:08:55,964
You do it with violence!
1212
01:08:55,999 --> 01:08:58,670
You do it with intimidation
for the next 40-- 44 minutes.
1213
01:08:58,705 --> 01:09:01,376
-You make it fair.
-Well damn played football.
1214
01:09:01,411 --> 01:09:03,939
And is this never been
that close to halftime?
1215
01:09:03,974 --> 01:09:05,512
It's actually it is a 00 game.
1216
01:09:05,547 --> 01:09:06,777
It's like--
1217
01:09:06,812 --> 01:09:08,218
Just gotta win the second half.
1218
01:09:08,253 --> 01:09:09,384
We go shut their asses off.
1219
01:09:09,419 --> 01:09:10,946
-Win the second half.
-Go.
1220
01:09:10,981 --> 01:09:13,982
Remember the first time--
the first time we need 31 points
1221
01:09:14,017 --> 01:09:17,425
or something to win.
Now we need, 1 point.
1222
01:09:17,460 --> 01:09:18,756
Chant.
1223
01:09:18,791 --> 01:09:20,692
-Ein, zwei, drei!
1224
01:09:20,727 --> 01:09:22,463
-Let's go!
1225
01:09:33,575 --> 01:09:36,477
Pass out.Boy, it's complete.
1226
01:09:36,512 --> 01:09:38,347
First down, Lions.
1227
01:09:41,517 --> 01:09:43,286
No...
1228
01:10:10,975 --> 01:10:14,746
Touchdown!David missed the chance.
1229
01:10:14,781 --> 01:10:16,781
Come on!
1230
01:10:54,854 --> 01:10:56,656
Go harsh!
1231
01:10:56,691 --> 01:10:57,921
Yeah, baby!
1232
01:10:57,956 --> 01:10:59,593
We want more, baby!
1233
01:10:59,793 --> 01:11:02,530
♪
1234
01:11:21,584 --> 01:11:24,783
And at that points,
1235
01:11:24,818 --> 01:11:27,390
we had the momentumand all you want to do is
1236
01:11:27,425 --> 01:11:28,919
get the ball backto your offense,
1237
01:11:28,954 --> 01:11:31,394
and give him a chanceto go score and,
1238
01:11:31,429 --> 01:11:33,121
actually go win this game.
1239
01:11:44,739 --> 01:11:49,478
New Yorker ended uprunning the ball on 3rd and 15.
1240
01:11:53,451 --> 01:11:56,386
And I missed the tackle,
1241
01:11:57,620 --> 01:12:00,016
and they gained 16 yards.
1242
01:12:03,186 --> 01:12:07,364
♪
1243
01:13:42,857 --> 01:13:47,189
Missing the tackle on 3rdand 15 was heartbreaking.
1244
01:13:47,224 --> 01:13:49,191
We had the momentumand I truly believe
1245
01:13:49,226 --> 01:13:52,568
we would have won the gameif we stopped them then.
1246
01:13:52,603 --> 01:13:56,066
But I soon realized itwasn't about a single play or
1247
01:13:56,101 --> 01:13:58,508
a game or even a season.
1248
01:13:58,543 --> 01:14:01,973
I entered into a worldI had no idea existed.
1249
01:14:02,008 --> 01:14:03,678
I got to make new friends,
1250
01:14:03,713 --> 01:14:05,207
travel to new places and
1251
01:14:05,242 --> 01:14:07,616
found out this gameI grew up on thrives
1252
01:14:07,651 --> 01:14:09,651
outside the United States.
1253
01:14:09,686 --> 01:14:13,655
In a place where the playersare good and the fans care.
1254
01:14:13,690 --> 01:14:15,558
I experienced an approachto football
1255
01:14:15,593 --> 01:14:17,890
that I had never seen before,
1256
01:14:17,925 --> 01:14:21,795
and that approach translatesto life off the field.
1257
01:14:21,830 --> 01:14:24,996
And I think it's somethingwe'll all keep with us.
1258
01:14:32,643 --> 01:14:34,137
But it wasn't right.
1259
01:14:34,172 --> 01:14:36,172
That's not how the storywas supposed to end.
1260
01:14:36,207 --> 01:14:38,207
We were the underdogs,the good guys,
1261
01:14:38,242 --> 01:14:40,308
and we were supposed to win.
1262
01:14:40,343 --> 01:14:42,717
So I went back to SchwäbischHall for a second year,
1263
01:14:42,752 --> 01:14:45,753
and so did Devin, andso did Rudy, and so did Cody.
1264
01:14:45,788 --> 01:14:47,986
Everyone came backto the Unicorns.
1265
01:14:48,021 --> 01:14:49,284
Jordan took the reignsas head coach,
1266
01:14:49,319 --> 01:14:51,253
and Sigi was still everywhere.
1267
01:14:51,288 --> 01:14:53,255
Every practice, every game,still guiding the program
1268
01:14:53,290 --> 01:14:55,565
he spent 33 years building.
1269
01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:57,633
We knew why we were there.We worked harder.
1270
01:14:57,668 --> 01:14:59,767
-Come on. Come on.
- We worked smarter.
1271
01:14:59,802 --> 01:15:02,198
Like if we started rotations,
there's a built in apps.
1272
01:15:02,233 --> 01:15:04,805
And we always had themin the back of our minds.
1273
01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:06,972
We went on to win every gameof the regular season.
1274
01:15:07,007 --> 01:15:08,336
14 and 0.
1275
01:15:08,371 --> 01:15:10,173
We won the quarterfinal,15 and 0.
1276
01:15:10,208 --> 01:15:12,681
we won the semifinals,16 and 0.
1277
01:15:12,716 --> 01:15:14,584
And one year afterour heart-breaking loss,
1278
01:15:14,619 --> 01:15:17,180
we found ourselves back inBerlin, back at the German Bowl,
1279
01:15:17,215 --> 01:15:20,656
once again facingthe New Yorker Lions.
1280
01:15:21,659 --> 01:15:23,692
-Who are you?
-The U.
1281
01:15:23,727 --> 01:15:25,826
-Who are you?
-The U.
1282
01:15:25,861 --> 01:15:27,960
-Who are you?
-The U.
1283
01:15:59,356 --> 01:16:01,059
Unicorn!
1284
01:16:09,333 --> 01:16:12,400
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1285
01:16:12,435 --> 01:16:13,940
Unicorn!
1286
01:16:20,146 --> 01:16:22,080
♪
1287
01:16:22,951 --> 01:16:25,820
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1288
01:16:58,217 --> 01:17:01,284
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1289
01:17:23,275 --> 01:17:27,178
And the game came downto the last play.
1290
01:17:27,917 --> 01:17:30,885
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1291
01:17:30,920 --> 01:17:34,020
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1292
01:17:34,055 --> 01:17:38,156
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1293
01:18:10,355 --> 01:18:12,762
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
1294
01:18:13,094 --> 01:18:15,127
Oh, my God!
1295
01:18:15,162 --> 01:18:17,525
And that's a momentI'll never forget.
1296
01:18:17,560 --> 01:18:21,133
My friend Devin who lost his dadleading up to the German Bowl
1297
01:18:21,168 --> 01:18:23,135
and almost didn'treturn to Germany,
1298
01:18:23,170 --> 01:18:25,335
blocks the kickto win us the game.
1299
01:18:25,370 --> 01:18:28,239
Pass me the tissue, please.
1300
01:18:28,274 --> 01:18:30,043
Are you okay?
1301
01:18:31,046 --> 01:18:32,309
Thank you.
1302
01:18:33,246 --> 01:18:34,883
Appreciate it.
1303
01:18:34,918 --> 01:18:37,787
All I was thinking about
was I made my Pa proud.
1304
01:18:38,284 --> 01:18:40,086
No, you know what, though?
1305
01:18:42,486 --> 01:18:44,893
I'm making myself proud too.
1306
01:18:47,359 --> 01:18:49,326
I can't believe, man!
1307
01:18:49,361 --> 01:18:51,328
Oh, boy!
1308
01:18:53,200 --> 01:18:55,266
Oh, yeah!
1309
01:18:58,007 --> 01:19:00,073
-We got it!
1310
01:19:17,059 --> 01:19:20,797
The things that happened
just led me back here.
1311
01:19:21,228 --> 01:19:22,997
And I'm just glad
I stuck it out, man.
1312
01:19:23,032 --> 01:19:25,164
Happiness is key,
it's the main thing, man.
1313
01:19:25,199 --> 01:19:29,036
And I'm happy so I feel like
with that foundation,
1314
01:19:29,302 --> 01:19:31,005
sky's the limit really, man.
1315
01:19:34,571 --> 01:19:36,472
Hello, guys!
1316
01:19:36,507 --> 01:19:38,441
We got it!
1317
01:19:41,215 --> 01:19:44,216
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1318
01:19:44,251 --> 01:19:47,186
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1319
01:19:47,221 --> 01:19:50,354
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1320
01:19:58,232 --> 01:20:01,431
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1321
01:20:01,466 --> 01:20:04,401
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1322
01:20:04,436 --> 01:20:07,338
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1323
01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:12,915
Oh, yeah.
1324
01:20:13,951 --> 01:20:16,182
High-five, man!
1325
01:20:17,020 --> 01:20:18,481
Hey!
1326
01:20:20,419 --> 01:20:23,387
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1327
01:20:23,422 --> 01:20:26,456
Unicorn! Unicorn!
1328
01:20:54,992 --> 01:20:58,059
♪
1329
01:21:26,991 --> 01:21:32,456
♪ Momma, I've got a feelingthat I'm onto something ♪
1330
01:21:32,491 --> 01:21:35,162
♪ Wings growing on my back ♪
1331
01:21:35,197 --> 01:21:37,527
♪ And the bliss that I feel ♪
1332
01:21:37,562 --> 01:21:44,138
♪ When I think back and ICheck myself In the mirror now ♪
1333
01:21:44,173 --> 01:21:49,308
♪ Wrinkles next to my eyesLaughing without a doubt ♪
1334
01:21:51,774 --> 01:21:55,446
♪ I got a heart ♪
1335
01:21:57,615 --> 01:22:02,057
♪ I got a heart ♪
1336
01:22:03,423 --> 01:22:07,689
♪ I know you do ♪
1337
01:22:09,231 --> 01:22:11,396
♪ Talk about any stuff ♪
1338
01:22:11,431 --> 01:22:13,563
♪ That's good ♪
1339
01:22:20,440 --> 01:22:23,045
♪ Momma, I've got a feeling ♪
1340
01:22:23,080 --> 01:22:25,146
The really when--
when I started it
1341
01:22:25,181 --> 01:22:27,577
I guess, like you said before,
as 18 year old kid,
1342
01:22:27,612 --> 01:22:30,052
I had no idea where--
where this would lead.
1343
01:22:32,155 --> 01:22:34,683
You know, it feels good
to-- to have built that
1344
01:22:34,718 --> 01:22:36,322
and look back at it.
1345
01:22:37,325 --> 01:22:39,325
This will always be Sigi's team.
1346
01:22:39,558 --> 01:22:43,296
It will always be
Sigi Gehrke's Unicorns.
1347
01:22:43,331 --> 01:22:45,562
Proud of you guys.
I love you all.
1348
01:22:45,795 --> 01:22:47,465
Yeah, love you too, Sigi.
1349
01:22:47,500 --> 01:22:49,566
No, I-- I love you all.
1350
01:22:49,601 --> 01:22:53,537
I see myself as
the next head coach, but,
1351
01:22:53,572 --> 01:22:56,573
you know, not necessarily
a replacement for him.
1352
01:22:56,608 --> 01:22:59,378
But one thing
I'll always try and do is
1353
01:22:59,413 --> 01:23:03,316
keep the direction
and the culture that he set here
1354
01:23:03,747 --> 01:23:05,384
because it's a culture
of success
1355
01:23:05,419 --> 01:23:09,322
and it's a culture of
really caring for people.
1356
01:23:09,357 --> 01:23:11,753
Siegfried Sigi Gehrke,
1357
01:23:12,525 --> 01:23:14,261
he's Mr. Unicorn.
1358
01:23:14,296 --> 01:23:17,198
Sigi is Unicorns, I mean,
1359
01:23:18,795 --> 01:23:22,665
I don't know like, Sigi
never quit for the Unicorns.
1360
01:23:22,700 --> 01:23:26,570
I put your wheelchair on
the field and go back and forth.
1361
01:23:26,605 --> 01:23:28,539
You know, I'll give
everything I have,
1362
01:23:28,574 --> 01:23:30,673
every amount of energy I have
1363
01:23:30,708 --> 01:23:33,808
um, to this program
and to continue,
1364
01:23:33,843 --> 01:23:36,481
uh, building on what,
uh, Sigi has done
1365
01:23:36,516 --> 01:23:39,319
and, um, you know,
take the-- the team
1366
01:23:39,354 --> 01:23:41,222
and to almost,
1367
01:23:41,257 --> 01:23:43,257
you could probably say,
the next generation of things.
1368
01:23:55,337 --> 01:23:58,338
♪
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